Quote Originally Posted by gibbi8
You cant die of lack of sleep. Maybe black-out but not die. But hallucinating is quite true as when I was on my last few hours on my 3 day stay awake my mind played tricks on me till I just dropped and slept on the ground.
One of the possible side effects of a continued lack of sleep is death. Usually this is the result of the fact that the immune system is weakened without sleep. The number of white blood cells within the body decreases, as does the activity of the remaining white blood cells.